Binder



H. D. FALLS Y Aug. 14, 1945.

BINDER Filed Feb. 25, 1944 2 Sheeis-Sheet 1 Aug. 14, 1945. D. FALLS2,382,556

BINDER I Filed Feb. 25, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I 9 @ooooooooooo PatentedAug. 14, 1945 BINDER Harry 1). Rails, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to Win.Exline 1110., Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation Application rebr ary zs,1944, Serial No. 523,562

2 Claims. (01. est-1'9) This invention embodies certain novelimprovements in so-called loose-leaf binders, particularly of the typeemployed for checkbooks or holders, or the like. My improvements pertainprimarily to the means for holding the original filler or subsequentrefills of checks or loose leaves in the binder cover, such means beingof the class wherein a spiral retaining wire or wires are employed forconnecting the checks or looseeleaves together and to the binder coverproper.

In articles of the class of this invention ashoretofore devised, theconstruction of the spiral retainer wire or wires has been such astomake for some 'difliculty in originally inserting or threading theretainer into the openings, usually punched, of the leaves, or pages, orchecks, whatever they may be. According to my invention, therefore, ithas been one of my objects to overcome the foregoing difiiculty byutilizing a spiral retainer in'which the coils are relatively large andare passed through relatively large openings that are preferably drilledin the pages or'leaves-of the filler or refill section of the binder.Making the coils, as well as the openings,large,.facilitates and renderseasy the original threading of the retainer for connecting the leaves ofthe filler section, and a further novel feature of the invention lies inproviding a holding member, to which the spiral retainer is attached,and which holding member is adapted to be detachably secured to thelowerside of the binder proper.

By reason of the provision of .relatively large openings in the leavessection of the binderen abling the easy application thereto of thespiral retainer, the leaves section would ordinarily have a tendency toswing or wobble in the binder, in handling, unless provision is madeagainst this undesirable action. With the-above in mind; I have providedspecia1 means for attaching the spiral retainer to the holding member soas to prevent the undue wobbling or shifting bodily up and down of theleaves section with the .re-v tainer when said section is received inand detachably secured to the lower side of the binder.

As a part of my invention, I preferably utilize a holding member whichis attached to the binder by means of spring snap fasteners, though inlieu thereof there may be utilized penetrating fas toners of the McGilltype, orlike types should be desired.

My invention involves other details of construction which may be morefully apparent upon reference to the following description andaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a binderwhichis'generally ofknowncons'truction and illustrating the detachable holding meanincluding the spiral retainer, as when applied to the binder, the leavesor check filler beingomitted for purposes of rendering clear theconstruction of the parts above mentioned. g

Figure 2 is a detail plan view of the detachable holding member andspiral retainer, as when assembled after the leaves are connected withthe retainer, but in .thisyiew the leaves are again omitted forclearness. Figure 3 is adetail view of the spiral retainer alone.- v.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the holding member alone. p 3 "Figure '5 is afragmentarysectional View showing the complete assembly of .the partsincluding the. leaf or check-book section, the cover or binder proper,and the detachable holding means by which the leaf or checksectionisconnected to the cover. I v

Figure 6 is a .fragmentary sectional view taken on the line -6-6 ofFigure 1, showing the manner of securing one end-of the spiral retainerto the holdingmember.

Figure '7 is .a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line1.1-.ofFigure 1,.bringing out more clearly the. snapfastenerlconnec'tion between the holding member and the lowerside of thebinder cover. a

Figure 8 is anenlarged sectional view taken on the line .88 of Figure 1,bringing out more clearly. the engaging eyelet for the .free end of thespiral. retainer by which swinging or shifting of the retainer and checkor leaf filler is prevented in conjunction with the fastening meansbetween the opposite end of the retainer and holding member.

Referring first to Figure 5 which shows practic-ally all of the mainparts of the invention in an assembled condition, the binder cover isshown to comprise. the upper side I,; the lower side or base 2, and theback portion 3, all made as conventional in this art, and preferably ofrelatively heavy cardboard suitably covered with any kind of finishingmaterial if desired. The check or leaf section of the binder isgenerally designated at tand is referred to as the filler or refill leafsection hereinafter. I

Figure}? shows how, the leaves of the filler 4 are providedv withrelatively large openings .5 at the hinge portions thereof, saidopenings being preferably drilled for economic manufacture of the fillersection, though punching may be resorted to if necessary, but equipmentfor the latter purpose is usually more expensive than drilling.

On the base or lower side 2 of the binder cover there are preferablyattached the male members 6 of snap fasteners, and the female members Iof these fasteners are applied as seen in Figures 1, 2, and 4 to theholding member 8 and spaced apart to correspond with the spacing of thefemale members I on the cover member 2; The holding member 8' ispreferably made of a relatively narrow long piece of fiberboard or othermaterial having a certain degree of stiffness for ease of handling. Thismember 8 is provided near one edge with a series of openings 9 and saidopenings, generally speaking, are of the same size as the openings 5 inthe leaves of the filler section 4. i v i To be used in connection withthe holding member 8 I provide the spiral retainer I0 which consists ofa piece of wire coiled helically with coils of uniform size andrelatively large a compared. with the thickness of. the filler section 4as seen in Figure 5. At one end, see Figure 3, the retainer member In isprovided with an extension ll formed into a small loop II, the extensionI being projected from the first or upper loop of the retainer as seenin Figure 1 at an angle so as to lie relatively flat beneath the holdingmember 8 near one end of the latter, the upper end, as illustrated inFigure 1, this for a purpose to be later described.

At the end of the holding member 8 opposite that adjacent to which theparts H and I2 are disposed and in the opening 9 at such end is appliedan eyelet I3, the eye of which is relatively small so as to snuglyengage the adjacent spiral portion of the retainer l8. i

The foregoing sets forth the constructional features of parts of myinvention, which involve primarily the holding member 8 and the retainerl0, and I will now describe the manner of assembly of these parts inconjunction with the binder cover and the filler section 4 composed ofleaves. Preferably the filler section 4 is provided with stiffeningboards 4a. above and below the stub or hinged portion of the latter forconvenience in manipulation and for protection, to

a certain degree, of these hinged portions (stub portions where checksare employed for the leaves) in the handling Of the filler section inthe use of the binder.

When the filler section composed of the leaves 4 and parts 4a isassembled with the desired quantity of leaves used for filling a certainbinder cover of predetermined thickness, the various leaves and parts 4ahave their openings 5 and the openings 41; for the members 4a alined orcoincident with one another. The holding member 8 is disposed beneaththe assembled parts 4 and 4a with its openings 8 similarly alined withthe openings 5 and 4b. Thereupon the retainer is next threaded throughthe openings 5, 4b and 9 by inserting the free end Ilia of the retainerinto the uppermost openings of the parts having such openings. Using theloop I2 and extension ll as a handle means, the retainer is rotatedcausing the free end Illa and the coils of the retainer to engage in thevarious spaced openings referred to, said free end passing through allof the openings and thuspermitting the coils of the spiral retainer IIIto interlock in the openings in assuming the final condition as seen'inFigure 5 and as seen in Figures 1 and 2, except in the latter twofigures the parts 4 and 4a are omitted. When the retainer I0 has beenfully engaged with the parts 4, 4a, and 8, the extension H and loop I2will be finally positioned beneath the member 8 and is riveted theretoas seen in Figure 6 by means of a rivet I4. Any suitable fasteningequivalent to the rivet l4 may be used if desired, and this fasteningmight be detachable, though a detaching function is not needed or used.

As seen in Figure 1, when the parts are assembled in the mannerdescribed, the free end [0a of the spiral retainer will extend beneaththe holding member 8 and will be covered thereby so as not to project ina manner such as would cause scratching of the hand in the use of theassembled binder and filler.

As previously indicated, since the openings 9 and 5 and 4b arerelatively large in comparison with the diameter of the wire of thespiral retainer l0, the application of the retainer to the parts withwhich it is interlocked or connected is rendered very easy and may bequickly performed. Since, however, the upper parts of the retainerdesignated II and 12 are fixed by the fastening means I4 and since thelower end of the retainer as seen in Figure l is passed through theeyelet I3, the retainer is thus bodily held against undue or freemovement in so far as its connection with the parts 4, 4a, and 8 isconcerned. This prevents any up and down swinging, wobbling, or shiftingof the filler section 4 on the cover of the binder, incident to anymovement of the retainer in an obvious manner.. The filler section is,of course, attached to the lower side 2 of the binder by merely engagingthe female members I of the fasteners with the. male members 6.

When the filler section of the binder has been entirely used, and withreference to filler sections that comprise checkleaves this isaccomplished when all the checks have been used from said section andthere remain only the stub portions, the filler section, whether itcomprises entire leaves or only the stub section, may be quicklydisengaged from the binder cover by detaching the fasteners I and 5,thus separating the handle 8 from the part 2 of the binder. Then thefiller section may be removed from the binder and stored away as may berequired by the particular practice of the place where the invention isused.

To re-equip the binder with a fresh filler of checks, or leaves, or thelike, the assembly of the filler section, including said leaves, theretainer Ill, and the holding member 8, will merely be em placed in thecover of the binder and the snap fasteners of the parts 8 and 2 joinedtogether quickly, whereupon the filler section is ready to be used as afresh filler for the binder.

Within the provision of the invention there may be substituted for thesnap fasteners 8 and 1 any suitable detachable fasteners that may passthrough corresponding openings in the parts 8 and 2. However, snapfasteners are preferably employed as best suited. for thepurposes of theinvention. 7 7

Having thus described, my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is- M I 1. In a refillbinder of the class described, in combination, a cover base member, adetachable holding member, detachably connected to said basemember, aleaf refill section, said "holding member and refill section havinghinge openings formed therein, a spiral retainer member com. posed of aseries of helical loops threaded through the openings of the holdingmember and refill section for connecting said parts together, the saidopenings being relatively large in proportion to the diameter of thematerial of the spiral retainer, an end of the spiral retainer beingfixedly attached to the holding member, and the said holding memberhaving its opening at the opposite end of the said fixed portion of thespiral retainer provided with an eyelet relatively snugly fitting theretainer, whereby undue shifting movement of the refill section andholding member in relation to the retainer is prevented.

2. In a binder of the class described, in combination, a cover basemember, a holding member connected to said base member, a leaf section,said holding member and leaf section having hinge openings formedtherein, a spiral retainer member composed of a series of helical loopsthreaded through the openings of the holding member and leaf section forconnecting said parts together, the said openings being relatively largein proportion to the diameter of the material of the spiral retainer, anend of the spiral retainer being fixedly attached to the holding member,and the said holding member having its opening at the opposite end ofthe said fixed portion of the spiral retainer provided with an eyeletrelatively snugly fitting the retainer, whereby undue shifting movementof the leaf section and holding member in relation to the retainer isprevented.

HARRY D. FALLS.

